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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Eggless Apple Cake

Solving a riddle is fun,if you manage to solve the riddle,that is!!When I saw the announcement of Open Sesame 2,posted in TOI,I wondered how I missed OS1.Anyway,better late than never-did not waste any time and went to the site,chose my preferred box,that was box#1.Promptly,Siri sent me the riddle-

"A moniker in my name for a cityA phrase with me will make you cherishedI am so good for you in my utter simplicityIn Medical dictionary the fact so furnished

I am so famous in the world of bytesKnown for many aspects of usageI am fat and rotund and make crunchy bitesMy fame known from many religious traditions - right from the old age

Am, I forbidden? Or mystical ?or the eternal giver of YouthI consists of five internal carpelsAm good for good health of your mouth

I am as basic a fruit as you can think ofOr as hard if you dont try enoughIf You eat me on a day to day basisThen you dont have worry about anything - be it cold or dry cough."

I read it once and the word "forbidden" gave me a hint that it could be Apple.Tried to think the rest of the riddle matching it with Apple and it matched-Fat and rotund,Crunchy bites,Religious traditions,Cold&Cough-I really hoped that it was Apple and sent my reply to Siri and Bingo!!she said it was the right answer!!I was sooo soo excited!!I had to prepare a super duper dish with Apple.Had already prepared a Jam for MEC-Bottled,so was wondering what to make this time.A friend suggested that I make Apple Kheer,but I was not so sure about that.Kept the recipe of Kheer for another time and again scanned my cookbook.I saw a recipe for Eggless Apple cake and got very excited.At the back of my mind,I got warnings saying that since I am making it in the MW it wont have a brown crust etc etc.But I avoided all those warnings and went ahead with the recipe,and I am so glad I did!!

Sift maida,baking powder and baking soda in a bowl and keep aside.Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.Add grated apples and milk-beat again till mixed well.Now fold the dry ingredients into this by adding 1 tbsp flour at a time.Grease a MW proof dish with butter and pour the batter into it.MW on 80% power for 8 minutes.Leave in MW for another 5 minutes.Serve with a dollop of Apple jam(optional).

I have an eggless recipe submit form to compile all eggless baking recipes in one place. Leave this link when you find time.http://www.egglesscooking.com/eggless-baking-recipes/eggless-recipe-submit-form/

thats an awesome cake...my experiments making mw cake is disaster...i am not yet familiar with this apt mw..cant open ours as thr is no space..will have to do that ones we shift from here...that jam gives a perfect finish to the cake..good job :)

A big thanks is pending from my end since a long time!! Came across ur recipe & baked the cake with some variations (added cinnamon/all spice powder) for a meeting here at my home. The result: Ladies went ga-ga over it, asking me the recipe, asking me to demonstrate at the ladies club etc. I owe it all to u. I also baked a banana Walnut cake, using your recipe as the Basic recipe, it came out extremely well! I'm simply gonna experiment more with pineapple, dates, orange juice etc.

Keep updating such easy recipes that make cooking/baking interesting for a change!! :)

Hi Divya,I stumbled upon this recipe when trying to bake an Eggless Cake with just apples in my fridge for a friends B'day! I baked it in the oven at 350F for about 45mins-1hr and it came out just perfect. Thanks for the recipe. I plan to give your other recipes a shot in the coming days! The only changeI made was I didnt use the baking soda(didnt have any) and I decorated it with apples on top. It was nice and soft.

Hi Divya - This is my favorite recipe from Easycooking because I have made it so many times. Not only is it simple and quick, but the taste is just out of this world! Thanks for sharing this recipe :-)